Hello! We made it home safe and sound from our crazy trip to Denver to find a new home. I am happy to say we did find a new beautiful home that we will be very happy in. Great neighborhood, great high school, great neighborhood perks like swimming pools, walking trails, dog parks, and shopping. Our new home is on Riddlewood Road. There has to be inspiration for a quilt somewhere in that street name, don't you think?
When we drove into Denver, we drove right into a huge storm that brought rain, hail, and tornadoes! Yes, 5 tornadoes touched down in the Denver area! We, from the land of tornadoes, drove into an area that we were told hardly ever, almost NEVER gets tornadoes. Go figure.
We took our handy, dandy GPS with us of course, to lead us on our way. My husband, with his warped sense of humor (which is where my children got it, by the way) decided that he wanted to surprise us by not picking our usual nice, calm, lady voice, whom we called Maggie; and instead picked a southern cowboy voice who not only told us where to go but entertained us the whole way there. We named him Buck. Here are a few of the directions Buck gave us:
"You might want to go around that there circley thingy, then get on that there high-speed road."
"Now I don't want to pressure you or nothin' but you might want to stay on the right. I'm just sayin'."
"Now when ya'all get up here you need to stay on the left. Now, don't get all testy on me, just stay on the left!"
(In a sing-song voice) "Left, left, just git on the left. Left, left, left, left, left, left, left."
And our personal favorite: "Now look it that! You done got where yer goin! How 'bout that?!?"
Yes, if you have a GPS, you should give Buck a try. He's pretty funny.
Of course, no trip anywhere is complete without scoping out a quilt shop. I was told by many people that I had to visit the "Great American Quilt Factory", so my family obliged and I'm happy to report that it's a wonderful quilt shop! Friendly people, with lots of fabric and beautiful things to look at.
So, onto the drawing for the "Friend-Sheep" pattern! Sorry for the delay in announcing this, we were busy finding a house and dodging tornadoes. And the winner is:
Congratulations Asiyah! I'll get this in the mail to you.
Speaking of "Friend-Sheep" I got the wool from my favorite wool friend to make up the kits! It came by Fed Ex this morning and I've been petting it all day.Oh dearie me, it's just yummy! I'll be working on the kits this week, and I'll let you know when the patterns and kits are available on my website.
Have a great week! I'm glad to be home, I missed you! xoxo